▲ 34 ▼ "Not employee surveillance," Microsoft defends Teams' new location tracking feature, now rolling out (www.windowslatest.com) submitted 1 month ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/microsoft@lemdro.id 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Wouldn't it be sufficient to just make a status "available on site" and not track the actual position? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wxfisch@piefed.world 1 point 1 month ago The current version is just in office and home, this announcement extends it to allow for specific on-site spaces/buildings which for large campuses is advantageous. I haven’t seen anything that says it will directly track and report your location Outside of the generic ones that an admin configures like the “Studio B” example in the article. It uses pretty benign signals to boot: a corporate WiFi connection, a specific peripheral like a monitor, or wake from sleep (which Teams already does for normal presence and presumably to note the absence of other location signals). Microsoft says it won’t track specific desks, offices, or floors but I’m guessing if an admin wanted to put the effort in that could be setup within the limits of how many locations are available to configure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wxfisch@piefed.world 1 point 1 month ago The current version is just in office and home, this announcement extends it to allow for specific on-site spaces/buildings which for large campuses is advantageous. I haven’t seen anything that says it will directly track and report your location Outside of the generic ones that an admin configures like the “Studio B” example in the article. It uses pretty benign signals to boot: a corporate WiFi connection, a specific peripheral like a monitor, or wake from sleep (which Teams already does for normal presence and presumably to note the absence of other location signals). Microsoft says it won’t track specific desks, offices, or floors but I’m guessing if an admin wanted to put the effort in that could be setup within the limits of how many locations are available to configure. permalink fedilink source parent